Account Executive | Healthcare Policy | London

About us

Hanover is an award-winning communications consultancy that advises enterprises, institutions, and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation. From our offices across Europe and the Middle East, we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels, audiences and issues. Our collective of smart, curious people think differently and live by a shared mission, purpose, vision, and values. These shape how we work, not just with our colleagues, but with clients and partners too. Our mission is to ‘rewire communications for impact’ and harness its transformative power to advocate, trailblaze and make a difference.

We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company, recognising that each person is a unique spark, capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people, we can drive innovation, foster an uncommon work culture, and make a positive difference to society. Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint, we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver world-class work.

Hanover is looking for an Account Executive to join the Healthcare Policy, Advocacy & Public Affairs team. The Account Executive will play a key role in delivering high-quality monitoring, research and insight for our clients, alongside contributing to new business activity and stakeholder engagement. They will also help deliver Parliamentary and marketing events and ensure the smooth running of accounts, including coordinating meetings and materials for clients and other stakeholders. This is a fast-paced, client-facing role with opportunities to contribute ideas, shape outputs and build expertise across UK health policy, with clear opportunities for progression as you develop your skills and experience.

The Healthcare Policy, Advocacy & Public Affairs team works with leading healthcare and life sciences organisations, supporting some of the most important breakthroughs in medical science. At Hanover Health we are united in our common belief that good healthcare is one of the most important things we can have. And we want to play an active role in evolving and improving it.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor UK policy, parliamentary, political and stakeholder developments, identifying what matters and translating this into clear, insightful updates for clients.
• Take a proactive approach to identifying emerging issues, opportunities and risks, escalating these to account teams where appropriate.
• Support the planning and delivery of Parliamentary and stakeholder events, including contributing to content, briefings and stakeholder engagement.
• Conduct value-add research and produce high quality draft intelligence reports for clients, as well as to support tenders, pitches and new business activity.
• Draft client materials, including meeting agendas, action notes and presentation content.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of target stakeholder and audience groups relevant to your clients and sectors.
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative team culture, supporting new colleagues, making them feel welcome and supporting their smooth transition into the team.
• Provide flexible support to help the wider account team.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Prior experience within an internship or other relevant position either in a UK public affairs consultancy, in-house public affairs department, patient group/NGO, Parliament or other relevant organisation.
• A passion for UK politics and the changing health policy landscape, with an ability to understand and articulate what this means for healthcare and life sciences organisations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Drive to make an impact and work closely as a team.
• Ability to work across multiple projects at any one time.
• Understanding of what high-quality client service looks like in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organised.
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage own time effectively.
• Proactive mindset with the confidence to take ownership of tasks and suggest improvements.
• Strong interest in UK politics and how policy impacts healthcare and life sciences organisations.

BENEFITS:

• An annual performance-related bonus plus additional bonus potential linked to recruitment, new business and long service.
• 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• Private healthcare and dental insurance.
• Travel insurance.
• A company pension plan, including 5% employer contribution.

You’ll also have access to a wide range of opportunities and initiatives, including:

• Flexible working policies, plus eligibility to apply for a sabbatical after 2 years’ service.
• Summer Fridays finish (3pm) – early Friday finish the rest of the year (4pm).
• The Hanover Academy, which incorporates training, coaching, mentoring and reverse-mentoring opportunities to support personal development and career progression across all levels, with a generous training budget.
• International secondments as well as the opportunity to collaborate with all offices across the AVENIR GLOBAL’s network.
• A wellbeing programme, featuring (but not limited to) pre- and post-maternity leave coaching, a working parents’ group, subsidised gym membership.
• Our Culture Club, with a robust social calendar all year round and CSR activity.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement

Hanover Communications is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating and ensuring a fair, inclusive, and diverse work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We believe that equality and diversity are essential to high performance and a thriving culture. We maintain a strict no-tolerance stance against any form of discrimination and harassment, ensuring all individuals are treated equitably, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital or pregnancy status, genetic background, or any other attribute safeguarded under our company policies or federal, state or local laws and legislation.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please send an email to recruitment@hanovercomms.com with the nature of your request. We are committed to transparency about how we collect and use your data, including ensuring we comply with legal obligations relating to data protection.

Hanover is part of AVENIR GLOBAL’s powerhouse of specialist communications consultancies across EMEA and North America. Collectively we rank among the top 15 largest communication firms in the world. Find out more about Hanover and working for us.